Red-Ringed Tupperware Party with (ineffective) Tin Foil Hats

[goatee]

goatee, you got your own avatar back?

Yeah, much as I love the Chief's avatar, people a) thought I was weird, and b) nobody joined me streaking down at the quad (one person caught my Old School reference).

<sigh> so I'm back as the plain old 24-70 (which I love dearly :))

Any ideas for a new avatar for me? (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3402393)

[Lightstream]

I liked your 24-105 MUCH better. :p

[thomascanty]

Any ideas for a new avatar for me?

You could steal Tommy's new one. ;)

[goatee]

I liked your 24-105 MUCH better. :p

Enough of that, or I'll lock you and Ed Rader in a room to fight it out :p

[fi20100]

Good morning! That's how I spend my first minutes by the computer in mornings too. Usually with a cup of steaming coffee ;)

[goatee]

You could steal Tommy's new one. ;)

'Borrowing' the chief's avatar was a bit scary, frankly Tommy's more terrifying, and no, I don't know why. Anyway, I've finished my 'borrowing' phase, I want my own identity!

[Lightstream]

Enough of that, or I'll lock you and Ed Rader in a room to fight it out :p

We might end up extolling the virtues of the 70-200/4 ISL though ;)

[goatee]

I just don't get why the IS is useful - can you fill me in? It's an outdoor lens, by its focal length, so how often outdoors, do you fail to get the required shutter speed, and even then, people would be moving, so it would only be useful for low light landscapes.

[Lightstream]

I just don't get why the IS is useful - can you fill me in? It's an outdoor lens, by its focal length, so how often outdoors, do you fail to get the required shutter speed, and even then, people would be moving, so it would only be useful for low light landscapes.

No no no no. I bought IS because I need to make my womanhood bigger. :p

[tommykjensen]

I just don't get why the IS is useful - can you fill me in? It's an outdoor lens, by its focal length, so how often outdoors, do you fail to get the required shutter speed, and even then, people would be moving, so it would only be useful for low light landscapes.

Simple. The longer focal length the more prone to handshake. If I had to choose which of 24-105 and 70-200 f/4 should have IS if only one could have it. It would be 70-200. With shorter focal length you can get away with longer shuttertimes before the handshake effects the sharpness.

[tommykjensen]

I was just checking how much space my photos use per year.

2003: Less than 2 GB
2004: 35 GB
2005: 40 GB
2006: 43 GB
2007: 51 GB sofar. Hmm I guess I will hit 100 GB before end of 2007.

[fi20100]

Gooooooooooooooooood Morning Vietnam, it's 0600 hours, and what does 0 stand for? Oh my god it's early! (ok, it's 8.45, and I've just spent the last 20 mins reading last night's shenanigans)

Good morning! That's how I spend my first minutes by the computer in mornings too. Usually with a cup of steaming coffee ;)

Gee, I hates when this happens. You open a few different threads in tabs and start reading. When you’re at the last tab, there has gone quite a few minutes. When you’re writing a reply to the last post, and forget to “quote”, suddenly there’s 10 other posts in between, and yours just looks weird.

[Claire]

Did a time for print (TFP) session on Sunday with a girl. The best photos were taken by a church close to my home.

[fi20100]

Very nice shots Claire! :)

[wakko]

nice shots... I love it how the building looks so massive.... :) and she looks so relaxed in the colour shot.

[puddlepirate44]

The hillbillies would like you to think that NC-NC State might be on par with that. Or perhaps Auburn - Alabama over in Jamie's neighborhood. USC-UCLA, FL-FSU, VA-Virginia Tech, South Carolina-Clemson....good grief...everybody thinks their rivalry is the best!

Army-Navy. That was the big rivalry at our house growing up. If Navy lost, it was going to be a long and ugly month ahead....

Good Moooooorning, All.

Nice shots, Claire.

[goatee]

Morning PP - how's the M3 toting wife?

[goatee]

Gee, I hates when this happens. You open a few different threads in tabs and start reading. When you’re at the last tab, there has gone quite a few minutes. When you’re writing a reply to the last post, and forget to “quote”, suddenly there’s 10 other posts in between, and yours just looks weird.

lol - I do that quite often too! But then, being dim I have an excuse :D.

[puddlepirate44]

Morning PP - how's the M3 toting wife?

Ah, she's golden. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if she woke up a bit sore. The MkIII and the 300 f/4 is a hefty combo for her. That is one serious piece of equipment.

[tommykjensen]

Ah, she's golden. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if she woke up a bit sore. The MkIII and the 300 f/4 is a hefty combo for her. That is one serious piece of equipment.

Yes but produces marvelous results.

http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/photo.php?n=20070601_prairiedog1.jpg

http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/photo.php?n=20070610_gibbon1.jpg

[goatee]

Ah, she's golden. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if she woke up a bit sore. The MkIII and the 300 f/4 is a hefty combo for her. That is one serious piece of equipment.

Hehe, I'm sure! I was shooting for 8 hours or so on Sunday with a 5D + fully loaded grip, 580EX, and 24-70, and my wrist took some punishment!

[fi20100]

Great shots Tommy... Hmm, too bad we don't have a zoo where I live.

[wakko]

great shots Tommy! Would love that combo! :) my longest lens atm is a 100mm :(

[Lightstream]

Speaking of which I put my 1.4x TC on the 100-400 and 1D2 of mine. It was a BLAST to shoot :) :) :) f/8 all the way and I did not need to tape any pins.

AF is still surprisingly quick.

[Claire]

I don't want to know what an MKIII and 300mm would feel like.

[goatee]

I don't want to know what an MKIII and 300mm would feel like.

Like a marriage made in heaven!

[Lightstream]

I don't want to know what an MKIII and 300mm would feel like.


Heavy. Fortunately, since I got very used to the 70-200 Sigma and my 1D classic, wielding the 1-4 with 1D2 and teleconverter was no big deal.. the muscles are still there..

Surprisingly the old NiMH packs dont' seem to weigh me down as much as they used to. Hmm.

[fi20100]

Seriously, we need to start talking about how great the 350D is, because I can't afford a 5D or 1D at the moment :D

[Lightstream]

Love my 350D!!

[goatee]

The 350D is a superb camera - and you can buy them new still for peanuts. Really, if you don't need the build of the 20D/30D etc, it's superb. The 400D offers very little over the 350D - a bit more resolution, but then it's slightly noisier at high ISOs, so it all balances out.

[fi20100]

Did a search in the members list: within the last 3 months there has been 9661 active members :) That's pretty good :)

[fi20100]

Well, I'm drooling for a 5D, but that won't happen anytime soon. Going for a job interview tomorrow though, so who knows what might happen :)

[wakko]

Well, I'm drooling for a 5D, but that won't happen anytime soon. Going for a job interview tomorrow though, so who knows what might happen :)

GL for the interview... :)

You'll love the 5D :P

[thomascanty]

Did a search in the members list: within the last 3 months there has been 9661 active members :) That's pretty good :)

What were your search parameters? I just searched for everyone who has posted between March 19 and June 19 and came up with 11443.

[fi20100]

Ops... I put the last two (2) months... not 3... my bad.

[fi20100]

Anyway, that's even more impressive :)

[gjl711]

Seriously, we need to start talking about how great the 350D is, because I can't afford a 5D or 1D at the moment :D
I love my 400 but the 5D is a special camera. Now if i could only figure out how to sneak it out of work for a little vacation.
I don't want to know what an MKIII and 300mm would feel like.
Like a marriage made in heaven!
Maybe, but a marriage to a very large spouse. :)

[fi20100]

No really, I actually do like my 350D very much... but I guess it's human to always aspire for more :)

[goatee]

Anyone want to trade a Windows PS CS3 upgrade for my unregistered Mac one (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?p=3403293)? (just need to swap serial numbers)

[fi20100]

Like a marriage made in heaven!


But I'm sure the M3 want to sleep around a bit... like perhaps try a 24-70 :lol:

[Lightstream]

No really, I actually do like my 350D very much... but I guess it's human to always aspire for more :)


My 350D is where the journey began... I will always remember it for that. I could never bring myself to sell it.

[Belmondo]

Moooo, crew.

(reminds me of another favorite short poem:

Johnny Rose sat on a tack,

Johnny rose.)

We're on our way home this morning. Las Vegas is definitely a mixed bag of fun, sleaze, fond memories, and regrets. I usually end up taking a half-hour shower after I get home, and I really don't consider our departures from here anything short of escaping.

Lois absolutey loves the place, and I have a general dislike of it. We're here, so you know who wins those arguments.

I'm glad to hear that Yoda is getting along well with the Mk II. I'm looking forward to his duck shot with it when I get home. For now, I have to pack up the computer and start thinking about pointing the car down I-15.

Peace. Out.

[goatee]

But I'm sure the M3 want to sleep around a bit... like perhaps try a 24-70 :lol:

Definitely :D. On Sunday, I used my 24-70 on a 5D, and I liked it, but missed the long end - the M3 would be a nice compromise, as it's a 1.3 crop :).

[thomascanty]

My 350D is where the journey began... I will always remember it for that. I could never bring myself to sell it.

I still have my first digital camera, too. (Casio QV-10) I also still have my first DSLR (10D). I haven't used the 10D in two years now, but eventually I want to have it converted to permanent IR, so I'll use it again.

[goatee]

Couldn't afford to keep my first proper digital camera (300D).

[Lightstream]

Moooo, crew.

(reminds me of another favorite short poem:

Johnny Rose sat on a tack,

Johnny rose.)

We're on our way home this morning. Las Vegas is definitely a mixed bag of fun, sleaze, fond memories, and regrets. I usually end up taking a half-hour shower after I get home, and I really don't consider our departures from here anything short of escaping.

Lois absolutey loves the place, and I have a general dislike of it. We're here, so you know who wins those arguments.

I'm glad to hear that Yoda is getting along well with the Mk II. I'm looking forward to his duck shot with it when I get home. For now, I have to pack up the computer and start thinking about pointing the car down I-15.

Peace. Out.

Duck shot tomorrow. Going to take the 1-4 shooting with the 1D :)

Almost midnight here. Even the ducks have gone to bed.

[Claire]

Sleeeeepy.

For a while my computer seemed to die on me, but when the work colleague came by it began to work again. duh!

[Lightstream]

Your colleague an IT guy?

Trust me the computers know.

Users will call me out with an emergency, I show up and the box starts working just fine. I smile and walk away ;)

It has happened so many times over the last 10 years that any conclusions about simple coincidence have long been abandoned, even by the skeptical...

[Woolburr]

Hehe, I'm sure! I was shooting for 8 hours or so on Sunday with a 5D + fully loaded grip, 580EX, and 24-70, and my wrist took some punishment!

Make that a 1Ds with 16-35, 580EX, Stratos Flash Bracket and an off-camera cord. That is my real estate camera....I usually come home with one Popeye arm after a day of using that. :lol: :lol: :lol:

[timbernet]

Gooood Morning everyone!

Your colleague an IT guy?

Trust me the computers know.

Users will call me out with an emergency, I show up and the box starts working just fine. I smile and walk away ;)

It has happened so many times over the last 10 years that any conclusions about simple coincidence have long been abandoned, even by the skeptical...


So true. Yesterday I got called into someones office and they were like "I used to have a button to print to PDF, now it isn't there" - looks at screen - "you mean that button?" - "OH! That wasn't there 5-minutes ago!" --- RIGHT!!

[Lightstream]

Make that a 1Ds with 16-35, 580EX, Stratos Flash Bracket and an off-camera cord. That is my real estate camera....I usually come home with one Popeye arm after a day of using that. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Nice rig :)

Gooood Morning everyone!

So true. Yesterday I got called into someones office and they were like "I used to have a button to print to PDF, now it isn't there" - looks at screen - "you mean that button?" - "OH! That wasn't there 5-minutes ago!" --- RIGHT!!

It isn't even as simple or 'explainable' as that.. we've had real anomalies happen, the kind that even I am hard pressed to explain (even using the 'user error' approach), that just evaporate..

People tell ghost stories. I and my crew of eyewitnesses (three of us, with 30+ years of experience between us (at that time, now probably 45 years combined)) have seen scarier.

[thomascanty]

That wasn't there 5-minutes ago!" --- RIGHT!!

My favorite was when the Manager of Admitting called to report a problem with her printer. She said it was dead. Wouldn't turn on. No lights, or anything. The first thing we always ask in a situation like that is if they checked the cords to make sure everything was plugged in, and of course she replied "yes".

So, I went over there to look at it. Not only was it NOT plugged in, but the power cord was gone! I asked her where it was and she said "Oh! I thought that was an extension cord. I sent it to the Storeroom because I didn't think we needed it."

I have tons more stories like that... :confused: :rolleyes:

[Woolburr]

Hey Scott...you're sneaking right up on the big 5K...

[timbernet]

Hey Scott...you're sneaking right up on the big 5K...

*sigh* yea.... <comment removed so the title fairy doesn't change my title, again>

[Woolburr]

That sounds like it would fit right in on the list of dumb users they have over on Tech Republic...After reading some of those...you wonder how these people get dressed in the morning. :)

[timbernet]

That sounds like it would fit right in on the list of dumb users they have over on Tech Republic...After reading some of those...you wonder how these people get dressed in the morning. :)

Some don't.... you see them in the Glamour and Nude section :-D

[Lightstream]

Chief.....your 1D2 is pretty *DANG* amazing.

This configuration: 430EX with Flipit bounce card, slow sync Av mode f/4 with 1/20 sec shutter speed, 2nd curtain flash, and I can still fire well over 5fps at full throttle in high speed drive mode. This is gonna be absolutely awesome for paparazzi style coverage at events - sometimes I really do need high speed drive.

Even more amazing is that the 430EX, with NO external battery pack (it cannot take a CP-E3 at all) can keep up for well over 20 frames. And that's bouncing it, which costs me even more light.

Love the 1D2 http://pix.lightrefineries.org/img/dance.gif

[Lightstream]

My favorite was when the Manager of Admitting called to report a problem with her printer. She said it was dead. Wouldn't turn on. No lights, or anything. The first thing we always ask in a situation like that is if they checked the cords to make sure everything was plugged in, and of course she replied "yes".

So, I went over there to look at it. Not only was it NOT plugged in, but the power cord was gone! I asked her where it was and she said "Oh! I thought that was an extension cord. I sent it to the Storeroom because I didn't think we needed it."

I have tons more stories like that... :confused: :rolleyes:

Divisional VP went postal, his secretary called one of my colleagues in a state of absolute panic because his printer wasn't working.

My colleague executed our standard troubleshooting procedure, re-fastened a loose cable and declared to the very impressed VP that the problem had been solved and all would be good from now onwards :p

I swear, half the challenge of being in computing is placating the users. I wear a spectrum of hats, not just one, but really, I think my year of psychology training is paying dividends that I cannot even yet begin to fathom.

When I wear my systems analyst hat, I give the "big dreams" interview to the client. "So, tell me about your hopes, dreams and fears of this system..." it sounds facetious and shrink-like, but really, the info they spill during the 'big dreams' interview allows me to manage expectations, devise countermeasures (against idiot clients), and work towards discovering WTF it is they REALLY want, as opposed to what they are saying. All I need is a nice couch and a cupboard of tranquilizers.. for them.

[thomascanty]

you wonder how these people get dressed in the morning. :)

We used to have IBM PS/2's throughout the hospital (those little all-in-one computer and monitor combo machines). When we finally phased them out and replaced them with real computers that had a separate monitor, for YEARS after that we would get calls from people who couldn't figure out how to turn their computer on. We couldn't get them used to the idea that they needed to turn their monitor AND computer on now... I used to wonder sometimes, when they got home did they have to call someone to talk them through how to turn the TV on.

[Belmondo]

Chief.....your 1D2 is pretty *DANG* amazing.

This configuration: 430EX with Flipit bounce card, slow sync Av mode f/4 with 1/20 sec shutter speed, 2nd curtain flash, and I can still fire well over 5fps at full throttle in high speed drive mode. This is gonna be absolutely awesome for paparazzi style coverage at events - sometimes I really do need high speed drive.

Even more amazing is that the 430EX, with NO external battery pack (it cannot take a CP-E3 at all) can keep up for well over 20 frames. And that's bouncing it, which costs me even more light.

Love the 1D2 http://pix.lightrefineries.org/img/dance.gif

Well, it's your camera now, and you're already doing things with it that I never dreamed of. Congratulations, and thanks for a smooth transaction.

[goatee]

*sigh* yea.... <comment removed so the title fairy doesn't change my title, again>

And I'm heading towards the not so big 3k :D.

[Woolburr]

There is a classic tale out there about an idjit using a mouse as a foot pedal and the cd-drive tray as a cup holder.

[timbernet]

My aunt called me up, she just bought her first computer (windows XP, etc) -- she asked how to shut it down.
I told her to move her mouse at the lower left-hand corner of the screen and click Start.

I wait a few seconds and here this "clink" - hmm.... she is like "It isn't working..." "are you clicking the start button?" "no, I can't see the start button anymore - the mouse is covering it" BANGS HEAD AGAINST DESK! --- she physically picked her mouse up, and placed it over the start button....

[Lightstream]

Well, it's your camera now, and you're already doing things with it that I never dreamed of. Congratulations, and thanks for a smooth transaction.


Thanks, it was a pleasure buying from you.. as I have said (and it bears repeating), I've dealt with literally hundreds of buyers and sellers over the Internet and you are the only one to rate a 12 on a scale of 1-10.

[Woolburr]

Home already Chief? That was one heck of a quick trip!!!

[Woolburr]

Not supposed to be seeing this already. All I can figure is that it was a Canadian tourist.
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/80726515.jpg
Canon EOS 1Ds ,Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
1/320s f/5.6 at 35.0mm iso200

[Lightstream]

There is a classic tale out there about an idjit using a mouse as a foot pedal and the cd-drive tray as a cup holder.

Tell you guys a funnier story. We always mock the users, however, this time the shoe was on the other foot.

As an experienced admin/networker/whattheFyoucallit, I tend to deal with very much more senior staff. In fact, management tends to ask for me by name. Whether this is a good thing or not, you decide. (trust me, it's not always good). Senior people also tend to make a heck of a lot more noise when things are not going their way.

So well, one day, we had a problem with exceptionally slow file transfers and I was summoned in great haste. With great professionalism I inspected the computer, got them to perform the file transfer, and remarked that indeed it was slow - however went to great lengths to reassure them that it would receive my IMMEDIATE attention.

I wandered back into the datacenter pondering the problem and caught one of my staff playing Pinball on the server console.

Within 15 seconds, that dude was playing Pinball on the *BACKUP* (read: standby, and not in active use) server and the file transfer problem had been fixed. I never did disclose the real cause of the problem. Leadership is about protecting your staff too. At the end of the day, not throwing them to the wolves results in more loyal people who will stand by you in times of crisis.

This particular dude did help me out in the end, which tells me that I made the correct executive decision. And there's no moral dilemma here: I did report to the manager that his problem had been solved and steps had been taken to ensure it would not occur again.

[Belmondo]

Home already Chief? That was one heck of a quick trip!!!Heck no! We haven't even left yet. I only thought we were ready to leave before. We're not on any schedule today; the only time constraint is we have to pick the cat up at the kennel by 6:00pm, and that gives us a lot of discretionary time. We just finished a liesurely breakfast, and we're doing the last bit of packing right now. I expect to be calling for he car in about 10 minutes.

See you all later.



Thos.

[Woolburr]

Hope the moving trip home is less eventful than your other parked episodes have been.;) :lol:

[Belmondo]

Hope the moving trip home is less eventful than your other parked episodes have been.;) :lol:

Thanks, Dan.

Unplugging...........now.

[thomascanty]

Tell you guys a funnier story.

That's a good one! :lol:

About 22 years ago when I started in this field, we had a couple Computer Operators on the night shift, back when we used to do (physical) report distribution instead of everything being online.

One day, they were sending instant messages to each other, back and forth, for a half hour or so. And of course, as people tend to do, they got crude and sometimes downright nasty. It was all in good fun. Only, they didn't realize that on that system, every message sent from one terminal to another was also instantly printed on the system's main line printer.

While they were doing this, they had the patient bills printing for that day's run, which they later delivered to the Business Office. Fortunately, someone in the Business Office noticed all of these nasty messages sprinkled here and there throughout the bills before they got mailed off to patients, insurance companies and government agencies...

[Lightstream]

Beware thy computer, it may yet bite you in the @ss ;)

Let me guess......UNIX 'talk' program?

[gjl711]

There is a classic tale out there about an idjit using a mouse as a foot pedal and the cd-drive tray as a cup holder.
Got a great mouse story. Couple of years back we had several interns. We wrote a little program that caused the mouse to jitter. It could be triggered from any other terminal. Well we convinced our intern that the optical mice would get dirty because of the dusty conditions of the lab and if he were to turn over the mouse and blow on the sensor it would clear up. Well he did and it did. We had him trained and for the following three months randomly throughout the day someone would trigger the mouse wiggler and he would blow on the mouse. At the end of the summer I called him into my office and told him I have good news and bad news. He stared with that intern-esque deer in headlights look as I old him the good news is that he was a wonderful intern and I am ready to extend an offer for full time employment after he finished his last quarter. He was elated and accepted right away, then I told him the bad news, that he had been scammed for the last few months and that there is nothing wrong with the mice. He didn’t quite believe me until I asked if he had ever seen anyone blow their mouse. To this day his nickname is Mouse. :)

[thomascanty]

Let me guess......UNIX 'talk' program?

No, it wasn't UNIX. It was a very odd system and I can't for the life of me remember what it was called now. All that's coming to mind is Motorola IV Phase. We did have a IV Phase at that time, but that wasn't the system that bit them...

[Woolburr]

We had a secretary break a CD in half so it would fit in the floppy slot.

[tommykjensen]

Well as most here know I had a lot of tgrouble with my external harddisk(s). Thursday I got a LinkStation from Buffalo and so far it has been working great. There is only one downside and that is access speed over network. Even though I have gigabit net it is slow compared to an internal disk.

So I ordered an extra internal disk at 500 GB so I can put my photos on that and then the external dfisk will be a true backup and only on when required.

In addition to that I have 2 Western Digital Raptor 75 GB disks which are pretty fast. When I had the new disk in I started HD Tach to measure the speed of the new disk compared to the Raptor. (1 raptor is used for OS and the other will now be used only as scratch disk for PS)

The new disk (a seagate btw) is faster than the raptor and thats despite the fact that the raptor is a 10.000 rpm disk and the seagate is 7200 rpm's.

The Raptor burst rate was 125,5 MB/s and the avg speed was 64,8 MB/s.
The Seagate burst rate was 131,7 MB/s and the avg speed was 69,2 MB/s.

This is interesting because later this year I want to build a new pc and I was planning to put a couple 150 GB Raptor disks in it because of the speed. But if the newest 7200 rpm disks can match the speed then there is not need to choose the raptor disks as they are more expensive. Of course I have not tried the latest raptor disks. Those I have are 2 years old so the new 150 GB disks might be even faster. Hmm 2 150 GB raptors in a stripe array should be fast.

[tommykjensen]

No, it wasn't UNIX. It was a very odd system and I can't for the life of me remember what it was called now. All that's coming to mind is Motorola IV Phase. We did have a IV Phase at that time, but that wasn't the system that bit them...

In 1997 when I started in my previous job we had a terminal system where we had a primitive message system that mainly was used by a few operators + a helpdesk in Tokyo, New York and Copenhagen (regular users could also use it when they had problems). We used it to send messages when there were problems on the mainframes. When everything else did not work this simple system almost always worked.

Well one evening we were 2 in the office in copenhagen. I was sitting with my back to the monitor and my colleague was sitting in the room next to. There was a dorrway between and the monitor was placed in that dorrway with the front towards where I was sitting.

Well then I heard the usual BEEP when someone sent a message. I turned around and just saw the screen turn off with no message on. How weird.

A few minutes later it happened again. What the heck was going on?? Then I looked at the monitor for a while but of course nothing happened.

I turn around and continue my work..... And of course it then happens again.

And my colleague could no longer keep his cool and started to ROFL. It turned out that it was him that recycled the monitor.

Another day I got a message on the same monitor asking for help. A user apparently could not logon to the system and could I please recycle his network node. Yes sure give it to me and I will do it right away.


BAM!!

and I was kicked of the system.............


Again it was one of my colleagues having fun at my expense.


Both of these jokes occured in the first couple of months while I was getting used to the systems and networks.

It sure was fun :lol:

[Mgdh]

I still have my first digital camera, too. (Casio QV-10) I also still have my first DSLR (10D). I haven't used the 10D in two years now, but eventually I want to have it converted to permanent IR, so I'll use it again.

Couldn't afford to keep my first proper digital camera (300D).

I still have my first digital camera too, Olympus C960Zoom. It's not woth me selling it - they're about 30 pounds on Ebay.

When my old employer first put computers in for general use, two or three people picked the mouse up, waved it around in the air and said 'why isn't the pointer moving?' Needless to say, they took a bit longer to train than some of the other users... :lol:

[ibdb]

My favorite was...
I used to work Tech Support at the corporate offices of The Disney Store. We'd get calls from all over the world whenever there were problems in the stores. One of my very favorites was helping someone who called in to report the PC we used to clock in and out was dead. We run through the whole series of questions -- check the power light on the monitor, check the power light on the PC, check the power cables to make sure things were plugged in, which meant tracing the cables through a rats nest of cables that were usually found under the desks backstage at the stores. It was a slow process. When we got to checking to see if the UPS was working correctly the user stopped me and said they needed to go get a new flashlight. When I asked why, and I swear this is the truth, they said that all their power had been out for a couple of hours and the flashlight he was using to be able to see under the desk to check all the cables was dying. He just wanted me to wait a second so he could get a new flashlight so we could continue to troubleshoot why the PC didn't work. :rolleyes:

Next favorite -- for months our stores in Spain were having problems accepting credit cards from a particular bank. Whenever one of the bank's cards were scanned through the registers, the whole credit approval system would crash, requiring a complete reset to start working again. The stores spoke almost no English, and I spoke little Spanish. The managers were impatient people to begin with, and we could never get them to collect complete information about the offending cards that would allow us to troubleshoot the problem. They would always call to complain, but never collect any information we could use to help. Being separated from us by the Atlantic only made the job more difficult. Finally one of the employees of the store called in -- they were a customer of the same bank and had just been issued a card that was causing the same problems. I learned from them, nearly three months after the whole mess started, that the card's expiration date was 03/2000. I had him check the expiration dates on all the cards causing the problem and, bingo, our first Y2K problem. We fixed it within a week after that.

Not supposed to be seeing this already. All I can figure is that it was a Canadian tourist.
Nice shot! Love the colors -- but WAY too soon. I'm still getting used to be able to wear shorts and flip-flops.

[Claire]

Ok, suddenly I'm in luck. I'm shooting my 3rd wedding on 21 July, meeting a potental client on Monday for a wedding on 28 July. I'm 100% confied for a boudoir shoot, and seems I'm 70% confimed for a second boudoir shoot. Both in Juy . Now, someone kick me in the directionon of good boudoir photography!

[ibdb]

Congrats, Claire!

No help on the boudoir shots though. The closest I come is diaper butt babies. :D

[Permagrin]

Mooorning everyone :)

I'd like to have back all the money I spent on early computers...I think I paid about 8 grand for my first PC-XT with the giant 10mb hard drive (that also included a crappy printer, monitor and a 300 baud modem that let me connect into the IBM BB). That replaced the PC that just had twin 5 1/4" floppy drives and no hard drive.

and they think Mac's are expensive NOW! I remember when owning a computer was akin to owning a Lexus....

MEANY HEAD!!!!!!

I told you about the ACR to DNG to Lightroom pathway last night in PM and you thank HIM for it instead!!

I'm sorry Yoda. You did and I found it. Yesterday my head was just full of custom functions...I forgot a great deal of everything else. *hugs to you too ;) *

Ahhh. Thats good. It was getting confusing. I was seeing belmondo everywhere....

I like your new avatar shot Tommy!

Any ideas for a new avatar for me?[/URL]

I'm going to work on this...hmmm...
(although it's definitely made me think: that's one question I'm never going to ask...ideas for a new avatar for myself :lol: )

Ah, she's golden. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if she woke up a bit sore. The MkIII and the 300 f/4 is a hefty combo for her. That is one serious piece of equipment.

Yeah, I'm a bit sore...but I did have fun with that camera. I was really torn yesterday, wondering if I'd made a needless and super expensive upgrade. The IQ is really similar to the 5D but it's heavier (I knew that) but it's also TONS faster and that will be so usefull. I hope I will be able to use it to it's fullest (my head was just spinning with things to remember yesterday). I will be keeping my 30D though, just because the MKIII is so much heavier, I'd probably not use it when I'm playing tourist (around Seattle or something urban) for the day (though maybe when I get used to it I'll change my mind...funny thing was, last night I wanted to check the 30D and make sure it's profile was on srgb...just in case I'd accidentally changed it, and almost flung it over my shoulder, it was so much lighter than I was prepared for . Anyway, I did have a crisis, especially trying to figure out which way CF III 5 (I think) should be set so I could actually achieve focus :rolleyes: And because I was wondering if I went over the top $ wise....but (usually I do that after a big expenditure anyway). It's a fantastic camera though...Dan kept saying "wow! WOW! WOW!" And really, it is wow-able.

Speaking of which I put my 1.4x TC on the 100-400 and 1D2 of mine. It was a BLAST to shoot f/8 all the way and I did not need to tape any pins.

AF is still surprisingly quick.

I noticed that I had absolutely no issues with the 1.4 tc...none. In fact I thought I'd forgotten to attach it, af was so fast.

Seriously, we need to start talking about how great the 350D is, because I can't afford a 5D or 1D at the moment

My mum still has my xt. She gets great shots with it. The IQ is great on it & I think it's the best camera you can get for the $! Seriously, I'd pick it over the xti anyday (I don't like the iq of the xti...most of the shots I've seen seem really noisy)

Definitely. On Sunday, I used my 24-70 on a 5D, and I liked it, but missed the long end - the M3 would be a nice compromise, as it's a 1.3 crop.

I can't wait to test the MKIII on the wide side. I was really missing the 5D at the canyon when we went...I just couldn't get anything wide enough...

Make that a 1Ds with 16-35, 580EX, Stratos Flash Bracket and an off-camera cord. That is my real estate camera....I usually come home with one Popeye arm after a day of using that. :lol: :lol: :lol:

I can't believe you can hold all that! (meaning: I can believe it but I think it's amazing.) I saw Lonnie's flash bracket that he hauls around constantly and thought I could never do it...they are gigantic!

Are you really thinking of selling your Ds and getting another MKIIN? I would have thought the iq alone on the ds would make it worth keeping?

My aunt called me up, she just bought her first computer (windows XP, etc) -- she asked how to shut it down.
I told her to move her mouse at the lower left-hand corner of the screen and click Start.

I wait a few seconds and here this "clink" - hmm.... she is like "It isn't working..." "are you clicking the start button?" "no, I can't see the start button anymore - the mouse is covering it" BANGS HEAD AGAINST DESK! --- she physically picked her mouse up, and placed it over the start button....

that's just TOO funny...almost spewed coffee over that one!

Not supposed to be seeing this already. All I can figure is that it was a Canadian tourist.
http://www.pbase.com/woolburr/image/80726515.jpg
Canon EOS 1Ds ,Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L USM
1/320s f/5.6 at 35.0mm iso200

I like this alot...stark beauty...very pretty.

[thomascanty]

We had a secretary break a CD in half so it would fit in the floppy slot.

That reminds me of this picture (http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/WinXP.jpg). I'm linking to it instead of embedding because it's 1) too big, 2) not mine.

And my colleague could no longer keep his cool and started to ROFL. It turned out that it was him that recycled the monitor.

...

and I was kicked of the system.............


Again it was one of my colleagues having fun at my expense.

Yep. I've played both of those jokes on many coworkers before. :D

I saw Lonnie's flash bracket that he hauls around constantly and thought I could never do it...they are gigantic!

I'm so used to it now, I hardly notice it any more. The only time I remember ever really being worn out from a camera's weight was right after I got the 10D. I rented a 35-350L lens and took that combo (no flash or bracket) to the zoo all day. My arm was very sore by the end of the day.

[Permagrin]

HEY WOOL!!! What is this? (being a troublemaker again I see :confused: :lol: )

What??? This is an outrage....You aren't going to let this slide are you??? Nooooooooooooooooooooooo....for the love of all that is good in the world...don't let this travesty go unpunished!!!

[Woolburr]

I can't believe you can hold all that! (meaning: I can believe it but I think it's amazing.) I saw Lonnie's flash bracket that he hauls around constantly and thought I could never do it...they are gigantic!

Are you really thinking of selling your Ds and getting another MKIIN? I would have thought the iq alone on the ds would make it worth keeping?

I like this alot...stark beauty...very pretty.

You just get used to it after a while...it really doesn't seem all that heavy...and it certainly is less that the mk2n with a 300 f/2.8 loaded up.

Actually I have considered getting rid of my 20D and 1Ds and adding a second mk2n. There is very little IQ difference between the two 1 Series bodies...but the speed difference is certainly there. And then there is the whole battery life thing...I use 3 batteries in the 1Ds for every 1 I use in the mk2n.

Thanks for the comment on the leaf...it really was so out of place. Couldn't pass up a shot like that!:lol:

[Woolburr]

That reminds me of this picture (http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/WinXP.jpg). I'm linking to it instead of embedding because it's 1) too big, 2) not mine.


That is very similar to what it looked like...I love what it says on the screen!

[Woolburr]

HEY WOOL!!! What is this? (being a troublemaker again I see :confused: :lol: )

You really don't expect to get off this easy do you?

[Permagrin]

You just get used to it after a while...it really doesn't seem all that heavy...and it certainly is less that the mk2n with a 300 f/2.8 loaded up.

Actually I have considered getting rid of my 20D and 1Ds and adding a second mk2n. There is very little IQ difference between the two 1 Series bodies...but the speed difference is certainly there. And then there is the whole battery life thing...I use 3 batteries in the 1Ds for every 1 I use in the mk2n.

Thanks for the comment on the leaf...it really was so out of place. Couldn't pass up a shot like that!:lol:

Boy I can understand that, re: the battery life. Hauling several of the larger batteries (I'm assuming the ds's batteries are a similar size as the 2N's) would be a bummer. Have you considered waiting until the price of the MKIII goes down and picking up one of those? The battery life is supposed to be longer and the batteries really are half the size of the other...I was so pleasantly surprised! The camera is still almost as heavy though, I'm wodnering where they added the weight to make up for the lighter battery :lol:

[Permagrin]

You really don't expect to get off this easy do you?

well, maybe you think being banned to the wedding forum was easy but I DON'T! I think I've been very penitant (way more than I EVER am :lol: ) in order to avoid that again! :lol:

[timbernet]

well, maybe you think being banned to the wedding forum was easy but I DON'T! I think I've been very penitant (way more than I EVER am :lol: ) in order to avoid that again! :lol:

Come on - you know you like the WF... It beckons you...

[Permagrin]

Did I tell you guys I got asked to shoot a wedding when I was down in CB last weekend?

I laughed so hard (in view of the recent happenings here) and then the conversation was interrupted...I doubt they'll ask me again :lol: :lol:

[thomascanty]

You should go into the wedding forum right now and ask for advice on shooting your first wedding. I'm sure they love you so much in there now they'd be more than happy to help...

[Permagrin]

You should go into the wedding forum right now and ask for advice on shooting your first wedding. I'm sure they love you so much in there now they'd be more than happy to help...

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: now wouldn't that give them an opportunity to be kind :lol:

[timbernet]

Did I tell you guys I got asked to shoot a wedding when I was down in CB last weekend?


Who asked you? Just some guy on the street?

You should go into the wedding forum right now and ask for advice on shooting your first wedding. I'm sure they love you so much in there now they'd be more than happy to help...

Seconded!

[timbernet]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: now wouldn't that give them an opportunity to be kind :lol:

Get CDS or Belmondo in there asking about shooting their first wedding...

[Permagrin]

Who asked you? Just some guy on the street?



Seconded!

no, the daughter of our friend (who'd passed away). It was after the funeral and so the distraction was evident...I expect I'll hear from her again since I didn't have the heart to say no right there and then.

[Woolburr]

I really wish Canon hadn't changed the battery system so radically on the mk3...would have been nice if they just updated the chemistry and kept the same size and shape...being able to use the same batteries sure makes life easier. That is part of the reason why I am considering snagging another mk2n...I don't have to have to different sets of batteries.

[Permagrin]

I can see where that would be a deterrant to those that already have one series bodies. (which probably is the main focus group for this camera's sales). I'm glad though..the charger even is so much smaller (and you can just put the batteries on it, instead of plugging them into it). It just all takes up way less space.

[gjl711]

I really wish Canon hadn't changed the battery system so radically on the mk3...would have been nice if they just updated the chemistry and kept the same size and shape...being able to use the same batteries sure makes life easier. That is part of the reason why I am considering snagging another mk2n...I don't have to have to different sets of batteries.
Different chemistries = different voltages and charging needs. Bad things can happen if you charge a li battery in something other than a charger designed for them. Also, there is no way to stack a li battery to get 12 volts. You can get 10.8 or 14.4 so it seems that the safest thing to do is change the shape so you can’t confuse them.

[tommykjensen]

I can see where that would be a deterrant to those that already have one series bodies. (which probably is the main focus group for this camera's sales). I'm glad though..the charger even is so much smaller (and you can just put the batteries on it, instead of plugging them into it). It just all takes up way less space.

Yes I never understood why the batteries on the old needed to be connected with cables.

[goatee]

You should go into the wedding forum right now and ask for advice on shooting your first wedding. I'm sure they love you so much in there now they'd be more than happy to help...

Oh Permie, please, please, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeease, do it! (and post the link, so we don't have to venture in for too long :))

[Permagrin]

okay guys, I'm totally surprised...I thought the iso 6400 thing was hooey. Really. I never intended to use it at all (I rarely used the 3200 on the 5D even though it handled it very well with proper exposure). So just now, in my rather dark living room...I tested out the 3200 and the 6400. I took two photos of my black cat...and my red chair (always shows noise, ALWAYS) and my brown chairs...then I ran the photos through nik's dfine noise program. I can't believe the results.
MKIII w24-105 (and w/a polarizer since I forgot to remove it :lol: )
6400
http://LC-images.smugmug.com/photos/164651068-L.jpg

3200 excuse the bit of blur..my orange cat jumped on me when I took the shot...(since I wasn't planning on posting them, I didn't re-take)
http://LC-images.smugmug.com/photos/164651381-L.jpg

[tommykjensen]

Yes ISO 3200 & 6400 is amazing.

ISO3200
http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/photo.php?n=20070601_owl1.jpg

ISO6400
http://photo.klein-jensen.dk/public/20070531_firstday6iso6400.jpg

[gjl711]

Impressive!!

[Permagrin]

weren't you surprised Tommy? I know I was. Even having the 5D, I had to be careful when I used 3200, if I wanted a usable shot. (which I did achieve many times) but today, I didn't turn on the lights...I just had the curtains open (and there's a big tree that blocks out the majority of the light in the room...). I am SO surprised at the results (and how well the shots respond to NR).

Well, now that I've figured out how to register my AF point and toggle btw. the two settings, I'm going to get ready to go play with it again...

have a good day guys!

[tommykjensen]

weren't you surprised Tommy? I know I was.

Yes I was. And my shots have not been run through noise reduction.

[Belmondo]

Home. Car and driver intact.

[puddlepirate44]

Glad you made it home from Vegas, Chief. Now go purge your soul.

[Belmondo]

okay guys, I'm totally surprised...I thought the iso 6400 thing was hooey. Really. I never intended to use it at all (I rarely used the 3200 on the 5D even though it handled it very well with proper exposure). So just now, in my rather dark living room...I tested out the 3200 and the 6400. I took two photos of my black cat...and my red chair (always shows noise, ALWAYS) and my brown chairs...then I ran the photos through nik's dfine noise program. I can't believe the results.
MKIII w24-105 (and w/a polarizer since I forgot to remove it :lol: )
6400


3200 excuse the bit of blur..my orange cat jumped on me when I took the shot...(since I wasn't planning on posting them, I didn't re-take)


Yes ISO 3200 & 6400 is amazing.

ISO3200


ISO6400


It's comforting to know that in the right hands, my camera is capable of such great images. I just have to figure out how to get a pair of those hands for myself.

[Belmondo]

Glad you made it home from Vegas, Chief. Now go purge your soul.Great idea. How do you suggest I do that?

BTW, I beat the UPS delivery home. I wasn't concerned about it, but actually thought he would have come yesterday. I didn't even think to check tracking while we were away. I logged on just now, and saw that it is 'Out for Delivery.' No notes on the door, so I expect I'll have it today.

[puddlepirate44]

Great idea. How do you suggest I do that?

Many people will have different ways. I'm more of the "Go To The Beach And Watch The Surf" purge kind of guy. Wool, however, is the "I'll Drink Labatts Beer From The Can" sort.

We're such a diverse group.

[wakko]

Morning everyone... off to work in a sec, and thought I'd have a quick catch up :)

We had a secretary break a CD in half so it would fit in the floppy slot.

That reminds me of this picture (http://www.ldphotography.net/cdpf/WinXP.jpg). I'm linking to it instead of embedding because it's 1) too big, 2) not mine.


That is very similar to what it looked like...I love what it says on the screen!

Heheh... I crack up every time I see that. We once had a secretary put 5.25 floppys through a typewriter :|.

Yes ISO 3200 & 6400 is amazing.

ISO3200

ISO6400


Love the owl shot Tommy!!!! :)

Home. Car and driver intact.

Glad you got home safely.

[Belmondo]

Many people will have different ways. I'm more of the "Go To The Beach And Watch The Surf" purge kind of guy. Wool, however, is the "I'll Drink Labatts Beer From The Can" sort.

We're such a diverse group.

We really don't have any beaches here. We have the Salton Sea, but you can't get within twenty miles of it without being bowled over by the stench.

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but I do have a can of Diet Rite Cola in the fridge.

Maybe I'll just go out on the patio and soak up some of this balmy 106-degree weather.

[puddlepirate44]

We really don't have any beaches here. We have the Salton Sea, but you can't get within twenty miles of it without being bowled over by the stench.

I'm not much of a beer drinker, but I do have a can of Diet Rite Cola in the fridge.

Maybe I'll just go out on the patio and soak up some of this balmy 106-degree weather.

sounds like a good plan. Good luck with your sun stroke. :shock:

[timbernet]

Wow Lisa and Tommy - I love those high ISO shots!

(and Lisa, nice looking house!)

[timbernet]

And yay! The Chief is home, safe and sound!

[ibdb]

Home. Car and driver intact.
Whooo-hooo! Now, go park it inside somewhere. And don't let anything fall off the garage walls. ;)

[timbernet]

I think this was posted in the General Forum awhile back - bust after Yoda posted that one What the Duck I thought I would post it here: http://www.quikpod.com/home.asp

If I ever see someone use that --- something bad is going to happen... can you say "Super Soaker"?

[Woolburr]

Many people will have different ways. I'm more of the "Go To The Beach And Watch The Surf" purge kind of guy. Wool, however, is the "I'll Drink Labatts Beer From The Can" sort.

We're such a diverse group.

ROFL....I get such a kick out of people that seem to think that beer in a can is somehow evil or tastes different. I really like the guys that say they only drink draft beer because a "can" makes the beer taste funny...I wonder how they think the draft beer gets to them??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Maureen Souza]

Hey gang.... I am out of bed and looking forward to another night of frolick at the hospital........NOT!!!! What's up?

[wu_wei0]

ROFL....I get such a kick out of people that seem to think that beer in a can is somehow evil or tastes different. I really like the guys that say they only drink draft beer because a "can" makes the beer taste funny...I wonder how they think the draft beer gets to them??? :lol: :lol: :lol:

Magic Skyclad beer mavens?

[Woolburr]

Howdy Mo...Moooooooooooo

[Woolburr]

Magic Skyclad beer mavens?

Very magic ones...perhaps even a glass pipeline from the brewery!:D :lol: :D

[timbernet]

Mo(O)! New avatar! Didn't recognize you at first...

[wu_wei0]

Hi Mo(0)! Loved your hummer pics!

[Maureen Souza]

Hi Mo(0)! Loved your hummer pics!
Thanks, wu. I had fun taking them...trying to become a bit more diversified.

Skip and I are talking about giving our 20D's to one daughter and one niece who both borrow them and love them. I want to purchase the new MarkIII but Skip is leaning towards the 30D.

I guess the battle of wills will continue until I win;)

[Woolburr]

Hey...if he is happy with a 30D...you are getting off cheap...beats having to buy two mk3s. ROFL

[Permagrin]

Magic Skyclad beer mavens?

That has to be it...because no aluminum touches my beer! :lol:

Hi Mo(0)! Loved your hummer pics!

Me too! They are lovely (and I've never yet been successful at photographing one so I'm quite jealous too!)

Thanks, wu. I had fun taking them...trying to become a bit more diversified.

Skip and I are talking about giving our 20D's to one daughter and one niece who both borrow them and love them. I want to purchase the new MarkIII but Skip is leaning towards the 30D.

I guess the battle of wills will continue until I win;)

okay, the mkiii is a really REALLY fun toy! At least I'm enjoying it immensely :mrgreen:

We didn't go shoot today because I ended up having to buy a bag (one of my bags wouldn't close over the camera and the other wouldn't hold it with the 300 attached...) I hate buying bags. HATE it. It's a total inflated cost/what you get ratio! sigh. I love my billingham bag but I can't attach anything longer than the 24-105 in it...and the lowepro montery (also a nice sleek bag) is too streamline...the mkiii is too thick for it. Now I have a dorky looking (can we say camera nerd?) bag...sigh.

[timbernet]

can we say camera nerd?

Lisa is a Camera Nerd!!!

[theflyingkiwi]

Home. Car and driver intact.

well that's good to hear, would you like a song about it :lol:

[Jon]

Where's the TF when we need him?

[timbernet]

http://www.world-of-smilies.com/wos_sonstige/magician.gif Wizard of POTN?

[theflyingkiwi]

Where's the TF when we need him?

that TF is always around, just have to wait.

[Belmondo]

well that's good to hear, would you like a song about it :lol:Thanks, no.:rolleyes::lol:

[Permagrin]

Lisa is a Camera Nerd!!!

LOL...sadly btw. the vest and the new bag, I can't even refute it...I feel like shaking people's hands with the greeting..."hi, I'm a photography nerd...just in case you can't tell" :rolleyes:

[Woolburr]

That has to be it...because no aluminum touches my beer! :lol:


Now you sound just like the guy that swore to me that was why he drank draft beer...because beer in aluminum has a funny taste...he really didn't know what to say after he was given a tour of the cooler and the pile of aluminum kegs! ROFL:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Permagrin]

Now you sound just like the guy that swore to me that was why he drank draft beer...because beer in aluminum has a funny taste...he really didn't know what to say after he was given a tour of the cooler and the pile of aluminum kegs! ROFL:lol: :lol: :lol:

I know you've told me that before...it's just so hard to imagine. I hate canned beer. But I've decided that you and I can agree to disagree on the taste of it, and still be buddies ;)

[ibdb]

We didn't go shoot today because I ended up having to buy a bag...
My Slingshot 200 barely holds a 70-200 f/4 mounted, I can't imagine I'll be able to cram the 100-400 mounted in there. To paraphrase the immortal words of Roseanne Roseannadanna, "Well, Lisa, it just goes to show you, it's always something! If it's not one thing, it's another!"

[cylentka]

are the aluminum kegs aluminum on the inside? or lined? Just curious, I can't stand beer in any form. YUK!

[Woolburr]

You take all the fun out of my day Permie...:( hehehe

[timbernet]

LOL...sadly btw. the vest and the new bag, I can't even refute it...I feel like shaking people's hands with the greeting..."hi, I'm a photography nerd...just in case you can't tell" :rolleyes:

Vest
Bag
Mark-III
"L" Lens

Yea... nerd ;-)

[Woolburr]

are the aluminum kegs aluminum on the inside? or lined? Just curious, I can't stand beer in any form. YUK!

The kegs are not lined. They are aluminum inside and out...however, many of the new cans are lined...Coors added a liner to their cans...not for taste reasons, but to help keep the beer cold longer.

[cylentka]

Relax Permie, its not so bad. I was a nerd long before I ever held a camera, and look how wanderful I am. :p

[Permagrin]

You take all the fun out of my day Permie...:( hehehe

sorry Wool...

here's the new nerdmobile for my gear
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363836-REG/Tamrac_557701_5577_Expedition_7_Backpack.html

you can make fun of it all you want...sigh.

[Permagrin]

doesn't it just say "I'm a photographer, ROB me?"

[ibdb]

Beer does not belong in a can. Beer yearns for freedom. Free Beer!

That probably didn't come out right. ;)

[timbernet]

sorry Wool...

here's the new nerdmobile for my gear
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/363836-REG/Tamrac_557701_5577_Expedition_7_Backpack.html

you can make fun of it all you want...sigh.


Ahh sweet!! We are twins now!

[Permagrin]

Relax Permie, its not so bad. I was a nerd long before I ever held a camera, and look how wanderful I am. :p

gee, that's inspiring Wanda...I know I feel better now

[Permagrin]

Ahh sweet!! We are twins now!

I wonder how my real twin will feel to know there's another running around? :lol:


I thought you had a canon bag? I know I've seen a photo of it...

[Woolburr]

Well you could be carting around one of these....
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/75522-REG/Pelican_PC1654_1654_Divider_Case_Black_.html
Most of my stuff resides in there.